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i somehow attribute it to the nsa. the nsa is not the irs. let's make that clear. i would not for a moment give these powers to the irs. the nsa is probably under more surveillance -- which is ironic any otherthan operation in our country today. it is watch on a regular basis i the fisa court. i do not think we need a fisa court. has thethe president power as commander-in-chief to carry out these operations. that is what president bush claimed in the early to thousands. that is what the court has said. the reality is we will have a fisa court. in any event, it is monitored on a regular basis. 30 day reports. six month reports. if when they are tracking -- last year, only 300 times were they had to drill down a numbers -- if they make a mistake and put the wrong digit , they have to do a full report on that. they have to purge everything they got. they have to file a report with that one explaining human error that was made. that is the type of scrutiny that it is under. my experience on the intelligence committee with the nsa was, what we heard over the last severa
i somehow attribute it to the nsa. the nsa is not the irs. let's make that clear. i would not for a moment give these powers to the irs. the nsa is probably under more surveillance -- which is ironic any otherthan operation in our country today. it is watch on a regular basis i the fisa court. i do not think we need a fisa court. has thethe president power as commander-in-chief to carry out these operations. that is what president bush claimed in the early to thousands. that is what the court...
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gecko what i'm talking about is -- the nsa? what i'm talking about is the dy made, taking it out of the nsa possession, allowing it to remain in five years in a phone company's possession. you're taking it out of and putting it into the civil courts, where the phone company is a subject to an injunction. >> general alexander and others in the nsa have discussed this. they have no philosophical problem with the phone company holding onto the records. again, their concern is what they have that absolutely immediate access that they need? the issue you raises another question come in regards to a civil court, someone getting an injunction, whatever, delaying it, and once the nsa says they have that instantaneous access, they said they are written -- willing to work. with the absolute assurance of that would have instantaneous access but i do not know if that can be done. won a turf, they just want to know they have instant access. >> just to correct the record, i did not endorse a proposal. it was another panelist. i have not made
gecko what i'm talking about is -- the nsa? what i'm talking about is the dy made, taking it out of the nsa possession, allowing it to remain in five years in a phone company's possession. you're taking it out of and putting it into the civil courts, where the phone company is a subject to an injunction. >> general alexander and others in the nsa have discussed this. they have no philosophical problem with the phone company holding onto the records. again, their concern is what they have...
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i want to go back to the nsa program. you said something important, which is you could vouch for the program that was underway when you were in office. but obviously not being read into the into the program now, it is a different situation. i think everybody in this room would agree barack obama is no dick cheney.[applause] when you have a president who has shown himself to have such a complete disreguard for the rule of law, who has shown himself willing to use the irs to go after political enemies, who has shown himself willing to completely disregard the constitution, to decide i am not going to implement the employer mandate because it is inconvenient for me even though it is the law, who has shown himself frankly completely irresponsible when it comes to protecting americans' privacy, you have a lot of americans out there now, and in light of a lot of news stories we are seeing, that say the nsa made a mistake and they listened to phone calls from washington, d.c., because it has a 202 area code which is similar to t
i want to go back to the nsa program. you said something important, which is you could vouch for the program that was underway when you were in office. but obviously not being read into the into the program now, it is a different situation. i think everybody in this room would agree barack obama is no dick cheney.[applause] when you have a president who has shown himself to have such a complete disreguard for the rule of law, who has shown himself willing to use the irs to go after political...
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nsa. >> documents leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden detail thousands of privacy violations after repeated denials from the white house. >> what you are not reading rea about is the government gov actually abusing these programs. >> we'll discuss with a key member of the homeland security committee and critic of the nsa kentucky senator rand paul. >> and then another week of chaos in egypt as the interim government's crackdown on supporters of mohamed morsi leaves hundreds of people dead.. >> our pro decisional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets. >> we will discuss the deteriorating situation in the region and the u.s. response with republican congressman pete king from new york and richard bloom -- bloom nee -- bloomenthal. >> and forcing the obama administration to play defense. >> this is no longer aat w political debate. this is what we call the law. >> the president claims that this law is working the way it is supposed to. but clearly it is not. >> we will ask our sundayn: w panel about the political fallout all right he
nsa. >> documents leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden detail thousands of privacy violations after repeated denials from the white house. >> what you are not reading rea about is the government gov actually abusing these programs. >> we'll discuss with a key member of the homeland security committee and critic of the nsa kentucky senator rand paul. >> and then another week of chaos in egypt as the interim government's crackdown on supporters of mohamed morsi...
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let's start with the nsa. how widespread does the revelation show their surveillance programs are of u.s. citizens? >> i think it was a shock to everyone about what we learned from snowden's revelation. the nsa is collecting information on potentially every american. it is from telephone metadata. that is pretty much every call you have made. they store that data for five years. >> what happens to it after that? >> well, we do not really know. they say they can only store it for five years, so in theory, it has to be destroyed after that. another program we are learning about collected e-mail metadata. so they are doing e-mail, too. they say that ended in 2011. >> walk us through the metadata. what exactly is that? why is it important in this data collection program? >> when you are investigating terrorism, what you are looking for is not just individual people, but networks. if you found one person, you're interested and who else is working with them? you want to look at who they communicate with. this inform
let's start with the nsa. how widespread does the revelation show their surveillance programs are of u.s. citizens? >> i think it was a shock to everyone about what we learned from snowden's revelation. the nsa is collecting information on potentially every american. it is from telephone metadata. that is pretty much every call you have made. they store that data for five years. >> what happens to it after that? >> well, we do not really know. they say they can only store it...
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nsa admits new privacy violations. kevin johnson writing about the top intelligence officials here yen . there are other accounts of the story as well. theheard some thoughts on 35-year sentence handed down. you could make your thoughts known as well. kentucky up next. archie on the independent line. good morning. personally i think they both deserve a government of freedom. this government serves it's self and huge multinational corporations. that is all it serves. they have no interest in what we want and our rights as a citizen. privacy as out the window. this is 1984. thank you very much. host: a presidential pardon is the goal of a new web site. this is for bradley manning. in conjunction with the announcement, the support network has launched the website that connects to a petition written by amnesty international and a video with testimony from veterans and civilians from afghanistan. it will link to the official application for pardon as soon as it is available. a couple of thoughts this morning on pardon. rand
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new allegations rock the nsa. documents leaked why former nsa contractor edward snowden detail thousands of privacy violations by the agency after repeated denials from the white house. >> what you are not reading about is the government actually abusing these programs. >> john: we'll discuss with a key member of the homeland security committee and critic of the nsa kentucky senator rand paul. then, another week of chaos in egypt as the interim government's crackdown on supporters of ousted president mohammed morsi leaves hundreds of people dead. >> our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets. thee'll discuss the deteriorating situation in the region and the u.s. response with republican congressman pete king of new york and democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. plus, another delay for the president's healthcare law forces the obama administration to play defense. >> this is no longer a political debate. this is what we call the law. >> the pr
new allegations rock the nsa. documents leaked why former nsa contractor edward snowden detail thousands of privacy violations by the agency after repeated denials from the white house. >> what you are not reading about is the government actually abusing these programs. >> john: we'll discuss with a key member of the homeland security committee and critic of the nsa kentucky senator rand paul. then, another week of chaos in egypt as the interim government's crackdown on supporters...
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. >> nsa leaker edward snowden is a relatively free man. this morning in a move that has angered u.s. officials, right now according to his lawyer he is living with friends. doug luzader has the latest on this story. good morning, doug. >> this is what the white house was trying to avoid. russian president vladmir putin decided to grant asylum to edward snowden despite the objections of president obama. he left the moscow airport where he was hold up for some time after being granted one year of political asylum something that infuriated the white house. >> we are extremely disappointed the russian government would take this step despite our clear and lawful requests in public and in private to have mr. snowden expelled to the united states to face the charges against him. >> snowden's russian lawyer mean sthiemed off his client's newly issued papers there. back in the united states his father expresses relief and his gratitude toward russian president putin. >> for the courage, the strength, the humanity that they have demonstrated in what
. >> nsa leaker edward snowden is a relatively free man. this morning in a move that has angered u.s. officials, right now according to his lawyer he is living with friends. doug luzader has the latest on this story. good morning, doug. >> this is what the white house was trying to avoid. russian president vladmir putin decided to grant asylum to edward snowden despite the objections of president obama. he left the moscow airport where he was hold up for some time after being...
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spying operations outside the cia or the nsa. amen jaifers joins us with me. sounds like a spy novel. >> absolutely. this is one of the most grossly held secrets of the intelligence, how much does it spend on the things that it does, how many employees does the united states intelligence community actually have? they want to keep that secret. thanks to this leak from edward snowd snowden, "the washington post" broke a blockbuster story and detailed for the first time what exactly is in the budget for the intelligence committee, including more than 21,000 employees at the cia. the first time we've seen this level. >> very fascinating reading that story. i know you looked over it. what stood out most for you? what do we know now more than before? >> in this era of drone warfare around the world, the cia reporting a 14.7 billion-dollar budget, that makes it the biggest component for a long time folks thought maybe the cia was no longer the dominant player in u.s. intelligence, maybe the national spashl intelligence agency that flies satellites and maybe the nsa w
spying operations outside the cia or the nsa. amen jaifers joins us with me. sounds like a spy novel. >> absolutely. this is one of the most grossly held secrets of the intelligence, how much does it spend on the things that it does, how many employees does the united states intelligence community actually have? they want to keep that secret. thanks to this leak from edward snowd snowden, "the washington post" broke a blockbuster story and detailed for the first time what...
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we get information from other agencies that they collect whether nsa, fbi. we are not collecting it. it is the lawfully connect the -- collected. it came after 2009 that we do not have access to some of the types of information that would help us like the underwear bomber. we had great access to threat information coming from the reports provided to us by cia, the nsa. what we do not have is the kind of access we needed to non-terrorism databases. information about individuals applying for refugee status in the united states or for visas. because what we need to do is have information and not just for a minute or a day or a week but long enough so we have the rate information from the cia, from a source, all we have is a name or a first name, what we do to compare the information to the other information we have also collected at the government has about people traveling care or seeking asylum so that we can then provided to the agencies that can act on it? it is my perspective that we were already doing it will be somewhat surprised i would have trouble doi
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posted earliere today, do you support the nsa surveillance programs? we have constitutional rights to privacy, liberty over security. the government is not to be trusted. it was all about relaxing rules , glad to see the right wing coming around. >> i would like to say eric snowden?t >> eric snowden. spy, we don't know and the government does not know what his intentions were. he may have thought this was his only alternative. if he wanted to do the right day and let the american public and i agree thatrams, the gentleman that said without him, we would not have had this debate. government already has charges for him? that is ridiculous. >> what do we know of his background, how he came to that position? it wasfense contractor, very early in his career, an analyst working in hawaii. allowed clearance level him to see this program and he gathered the data on it. and it led the the washington post. that was his decision, definitely. route, he his escape went overseas, and came up with -- teamed up with wikileaks, theed themselves with whistle-blower idea
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big fights about surveillance and restrictions on the nsa. what's going on? why the split inside the party and why is it playing out so early in this cycle? >> a lot of main stream republicans are upset, even angry at what you might call the bomb throwing wing of the party led by the ted cruz and others for these threats. not because they don't want to defund obama care or are are happy with the sequester. because this is feel-good politics. it makes your base feel good. but it disappoints those who are on your side when you only control half of the legislative branch. you can't force your will on the rest of us. here is the irony. obamacare remains fairly unpopular. people like some of the benefits like no pre-existing conditions and there are problems with the implementation. this is taking the spotlight off problems with the law putting it on deep divisions within the republican party. >> juan, democrats have plenty of their own internal battles. should they love what's going on inside the republican party? >> there is a jamaican song saying the rain don't
big fights about surveillance and restrictions on the nsa. what's going on? why the split inside the party and why is it playing out so early in this cycle? >> a lot of main stream republicans are upset, even angry at what you might call the bomb throwing wing of the party led by the ted cruz and others for these threats. not because they don't want to defund obama care or are are happy with the sequester. because this is feel-good politics. it makes your base feel good. but it...
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plus, the new nsa documents. they are -- their spy something worse than we ever knew they have read our emails and listened to our phone calls thousands of times a year. simple mistakes or a pattern of abuse. tonight, the latest leak about the nsa. and, a paralimp i don't paraolympian denied a chance because she could walk again some day. >> i didn't expect this at all. it's pretty shocking. >> they landed her a loss tonight before she could even get in the game. still, this teenager isn't finished with her fight. plus, it's been cloaked in mystery since its creation. >> welcome to area 51. >> now the cia decleafs documents that show what really went on at area 51. why are some sections still a secret? and that is first from fox this friday night. no little green men. no flying saucers. but after decades of denying that area 51 exists now an admission. the documents prove it is very real. but the conspiracy theories are going nowhere. not by a long shot. area 51 is the then secret base in the middle of the nevada
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person, the nsa cannot listen to your telephone calls and the nsa cannot target your e-mails. >> then we feignind out, well, e they are but if they are, it is to combat terrorism. >> as i've said, this program is an important tool in our effort to disrupt terrorist plots and it does not allow the government to listen to any phone call without a warrant. >> yeah. like the phone call of the boston bombers. i forgot, you didn't know anything about them. even though the russians directed you to them a number of time and tamerlan should never have been allowed in the country and should have been stopped by i.s.e. and the fbi. then again the fbi and i.c. ebs don't have a way of talking to each other. or at left a that's what they say. or you need this program so that you can give the nypd a phone number in that case that they were already on top of. so now the administration says, don't worry. the fisa court protects us. it is only with that court's approval that any calls can be monitored. except enter the chief judge of the foreign intelligence surveillance court. he says that his court l
person, the nsa cannot listen to your telephone calls and the nsa cannot target your e-mails. >> then we feignind out, well, e they are but if they are, it is to combat terrorism. >> as i've said, this program is an important tool in our effort to disrupt terrorist plots and it does not allow the government to listen to any phone call without a warrant. >> yeah. like the phone call of the boston bombers. i forgot, you didn't know anything about them. even though the russians...
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my experience with the nsa was, what we heard mainly over the last several years, before any the nsa hade, information about people attacking dick cheney and others, waterboarding. the only time it came up as a debate in the intelligence committee was people from the nsa saying how tough it was to work with the fisa court, to get court orders, to follow up on the information we were getting. stamp, it isrubber- highly scrutinized. i realize the american people will say, do not worry, congress is looking out for you, that is not the greatest overconfidence. theeve me, people on intelligence committee take it seriously. mike rogers is extremely conscientious about that. this stuff is looked at very carefully. i do not see any significant violation of civil liberties, no significant -- like in 2009, it like one of those forest gump moments and you become a witness to history. i was the mayor bloomberg's home when he was entertaining the lord mayor of london. rupert murdoch was there, other powerful people, even tina brown like one of, to show you l it was. ray kelly was there as well. w
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we'll talk with a former director of the cia and nsa general michael hayden, as well as nsa critic congressman justin amash of michigan. then washington keeps heading for a budget impasse and government shutdown. >> we've seen a certain faction of republicans in congress saying they wouldn't pay the very bills that congress racked up in the first place. >> you know, instead of working together, the president yesterday threatened to shut down the government. >> in an exclusive interview, we'll ask house majority leader eric cantor if they can make a deal before the deadline, all right now on "fox news sunday." hello again from fox news in washington. we begin with a terror threat that has prompted the state department to arab i global issl alert for americans, and close two dozen embassies and consulates across the muslim world. we're told the al-qaeda threat is specific, but the targets are not. chief washington correspondent james rosen has the latest. james? >> chris, good morning. president obama and his national security team approached this day, the president's 52nd birthday, not in a sta
we'll talk with a former director of the cia and nsa general michael hayden, as well as nsa critic congressman justin amash of michigan. then washington keeps heading for a budget impasse and government shutdown. >> we've seen a certain faction of republicans in congress saying they wouldn't pay the very bills that congress racked up in the first place. >> you know, instead of working together, the president yesterday threatened to shut down the government. >> in an exclusive...
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it is as if they are telling the nsa guys, they really shouldn't be doing. once eve 65 days you can see what marlin is doing during her time off. it was odd. >> i do agree though. it is a handful of cases. if you compare it to eating in a strawfnt it is like one fly wing in your meal. always use the metaphor even though it is incorrect. can you kill a man with a pork chop in mike baker discusses his new book "first i kill and then i eat." first, what does matt damon think of edward snowden? i will ask him when i get home. she my new nanny. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] ultra rugged phones from sprint. buy one, get four free, and $150 credit when you swih your business line to sprint. the pioneers in push-to-talk. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintcaptel.com fawning. it is a story that has regurgitated yearly. he is writing at salon.com, it is a website for people who like to say the word salon. he says it does zip for our soldiers. it only boosts those who profit from war. the virginia tech english professor claims, quote, troop worship is trite and
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you guys have filed a lawsuit challenging the nsa's phone surveillance program. what, if anything, do these new revelations mean for your case? >> well, i think these revelations underscore the need for greater oversight over the nsa and greater scrutiny by the courts. the revelations really highlight a few things. first of all, it's really shocking to see how many violations there were of surveillance laws that are extraordinarily per mmissiveper. these are laws that are hard to violate because they permit the nsa to do so much surveillance of americans' communications when they go into and out of the country that it's hard to understand how they violate them on average, if you take an average, about seven times every single day. but the other thing that the revelations really highlight, i think, is that there's a lack of real oversight both by congress but also by the foreign intelligence surveillance court, which is a secret court that's supposed to oversee the nsa. in a companion article to the one that you've been talking about, the chief judge of the court
you guys have filed a lawsuit challenging the nsa's phone surveillance program. what, if anything, do these new revelations mean for your case? >> well, i think these revelations underscore the need for greater oversight over the nsa and greater scrutiny by the courts. the revelations really highlight a few things. first of all, it's really shocking to see how many violations there were of surveillance laws that are extraordinarily per mmissiveper. these are laws that are hard to violate...
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the director of the csa and nsa. he is going to spend a few minutes talking to us about the threat as he sees it. then we will open it up to q&a as joe has already mentioned. so without further ado, i would like to introduce general michael hayden. [applause] [applause] >> good morning and thank you for the chance to chat with you a bit today as carie lemack suggested, i will try to limit my time appeared to about 20 minutes or so. i get to do the strategic overview. what you have are people that are far more expert in the definition of the problem and sponsors to the problem that i think we will all identify with your today. folks in government, folks in industry, federal government, state and local government. think tanks you can come and perhaps begin to map out the way ahead that we want to see reflected in our final report. zelezny began. the cyberthing is very important. i think it is here to stay. we kind of messed it up. i actually did that at a conference about four summers ago in las vegas. i leaned forward
the director of the csa and nsa. he is going to spend a few minutes talking to us about the threat as he sees it. then we will open it up to q&a as joe has already mentioned. so without further ado, i would like to introduce general michael hayden. [applause] [applause] >> good morning and thank you for the chance to chat with you a bit today as carie lemack suggested, i will try to limit my time appeared to about 20 minutes or so. i get to do the strategic overview. what you have are...
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last week an nsa official says it always gets to the bottom of any mistakes it made. now there is word british documents demanded from another newspaper who broke the news of the snowden leaks. catherine herridge is live in our d.c. newsroom to pick up the story from there. catherine? >> shep, the guardian senator says british authorities wanted the nsa documents handed over or destroyed with the paper facing legal action if it didn't cooperate. hard drives were then destroyed under the supervision of british authorities with this photo posted on the newspaper's web site but other copies exist. they threatened us with restraint they were going to get all this material back and stop us from writing about it. >> journalist dave glen wald partner on the left is considering legal action afhe was detained for nine hours. computer devices confiscated the british government is standing by its action. >> the police were acting as they do the law there to protect us from anything that will increase the danger of terrorism. >> as to whether it could condone the destruction of t
last week an nsa official says it always gets to the bottom of any mistakes it made. now there is word british documents demanded from another newspaper who broke the news of the snowden leaks. catherine herridge is live in our d.c. newsroom to pick up the story from there. catherine? >> shep, the guardian senator says british authorities wanted the nsa documents handed over or destroyed with the paper facing legal action if it didn't cooperate. hard drives were then destroyed under the...
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both sides are questioning the nsa programs. patrick leahy lead the committee hearing said he's seen a list of terror events. but was not convinced the nsa tactics are effective. later today president obama intends to meet with congress to discuss programs as fell as the controversy fisa courts. president obama is not done trying to reboot his economic message. first, they were called that then went behind closed doors on capitol hill yesterday. the president with sessions to rally across the middle last plan. the house speaker didn't miss an opportunity to take a dig. >> i'm not going to speak for what the president is doing or why he's doing it. if i had poll numbers as low as his, i would be out doing the same thing if i were him. if i were him. >> now, just for comparison sake here, boehner's favorability, 18%. president obama, 48%. during one of the sessions the question about the next fed chairman bubbled up. according to reports, the democratic president walked up to the microphone saying larry summers, bad choice. they w
both sides are questioning the nsa programs. patrick leahy lead the committee hearing said he's seen a list of terror events. but was not convinced the nsa tactics are effective. later today president obama intends to meet with congress to discuss programs as fell as the controversy fisa courts. president obama is not done trying to reboot his economic message. first, they were called that then went behind closed doors on capitol hill yesterday. the president with sessions to rally across the...
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let's start with the nsa. how widespread does the revelation show their surveillance programs are of u.s. citizens? >> i think it was a shock to everyone about what we learned from snowden's revelation. the nsa is collecting information on potentially every american. it is from telephone metadata. that is pretty much every call you have made. they store that data for five years. >> what happens to it after that? >> well, we do not really know. they say they can only store it for five years, so in theory, it has to be destroyed after that. another program we are learning about collected e-mail metadata. so they are doing e-mail, too. they say that ended in 2011. >> walk us through the metadata. what exactly is that? why is it important in this data collection program? >> when you are investigating terrorism, what you are looking for is not just individual people, but networks. if you found one person, you're interested and who else is working with them? you want to look at who they communicate with. this inform
let's start with the nsa. how widespread does the revelation show their surveillance programs are of u.s. citizens? >> i think it was a shock to everyone about what we learned from snowden's revelation. the nsa is collecting information on potentially every american. it is from telephone metadata. that is pretty much every call you have made. they store that data for five years. >> what happens to it after that? >> well, we do not really know. they say they can only store it...
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it says, nsa director keith b. alexander has claimed, quote, we don't hold data on u.s. citizens. in the article government officials defended that claim with assertions that the agency's internal definition of data doesn't cover meta data like the not millions or billions but the trillions of american call records that the nsa is now known to have collected and stored since 2006. that's one tangible, you know, recorded lie that we know about. there are others because james clapper misled congress about aspects of the program. my question to you, perry, in washington, how does that aspect of this, the nsa's lies, affect the bipartisan pushback that we're seeing on the program? >> it's encouraging the pushback. you can tell members of congress -- two months ago when this program was exposed, president obama gave a press conference in which he was very defiant. basically said, this is not a scandal, people know about this. you can tell now -- i saw a member from michigan who's a republican who led the fight to defund this nsa program. had a very blistering statement today about this
it says, nsa director keith b. alexander has claimed, quote, we don't hold data on u.s. citizens. in the article government officials defended that claim with assertions that the agency's internal definition of data doesn't cover meta data like the not millions or billions but the trillions of american call records that the nsa is now known to have collected and stored since 2006. that's one tangible, you know, recorded lie that we know about. there are others because james clapper misled...
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the editor of the guardian newspaper reveals how he was pressured to destroy files he received from nsa whistleblower edward snowden. the top stories this hour. a look back at the top stories from the last seven days, and the latest on rt. damascus has given you when inspectors access to a site of an alleged chemical attack. the u.s. says it is nearly certain the assad government carried this out, a serious response alongside its ally, the uk. >> damascus has agreed to allow the u.n. access to the scene of the alleged attack, but while damascus says it will do its maximum to assure the safety of passage of the investigators, the actual territory is held, so ultimately, it will be the rebel forces who determine whether or not the you when inspectors have the access that they require. it is said that this now comes to old late. . we are hearing from the u.n. that they will, regardless, begin their investigation on moday. the united states has very little doubt that damascus was behind this chemical strike, and the intelligence is basing these claims on the number of reported deaths. we ar
the editor of the guardian newspaper reveals how he was pressured to destroy files he received from nsa whistleblower edward snowden. the top stories this hour. a look back at the top stories from the last seven days, and the latest on rt. damascus has given you when inspectors access to a site of an alleged chemical attack. the u.s. says it is nearly certain the assad government carried this out, a serious response alongside its ally, the uk. >> damascus has agreed to allow the u.n....
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let us start right off with the nsa program. i know some of it was covered in the previous panel, but i want to get into, with raj, how it actually works. i am talking about the metadata program, which was probably the biggest disclosure by edward snowden, the fact that millions and millions of records of american phone calls were being collected/stored. i will let people use the words they want. by the nsa, under a provision f the patriot act. walk us through exactly how this program works in practice. who has access to it? what can those records be used for? >> thanks for pulling this all together. what i wanted to start out with is that i firmly believe the u.s. government intelligence community, nsa in particular, needs to be as transparent as possible, consistent with our need to protect national security. it is that last piece that makes it so difficult to talk about. i would like to be as informative and helpful in this discussion as possible. the reason i say that is, it is my job as general counsel to make sure our acti
let us start right off with the nsa program. i know some of it was covered in the previous panel, but i want to get into, with raj, how it actually works. i am talking about the metadata program, which was probably the biggest disclosure by edward snowden, the fact that millions and millions of records of american phone calls were being collected/stored. i will let people use the words they want. by the nsa, under a provision f the patriot act. walk us through exactly how this program works in...
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you had reporting on the nsa. they were one of the biggest papers, one of the two papers alongside the guardian to issue the leaks. you had editorial pages saying, hold on, we have to stop these leaks. i think as long as there's an adaptation to what the american public wants, then, yeah. >> but i'm not sure that -- so, i hear you on what the american public wants, but that always makes me a little bit nervous, only because part of what we choose from is a menu of options that are there. and so, this is part of some of the independent media piece, right, to the extent that independent media gets squeezed, i'm not sure that people are making -- it's like, the american public wants reality tv. well, no, reality television is what's on. so you pick which one of them you want. i guess that's my only concern, do we even have on our menu, independent, long-form sort of deep, in-depth journalism? >> we do, if we seek it. the reality is, and i think, you know, the rise of buzz feed exemplifies this, and also in some ways
you had reporting on the nsa. they were one of the biggest papers, one of the two papers alongside the guardian to issue the leaks. you had editorial pages saying, hold on, we have to stop these leaks. i think as long as there's an adaptation to what the american public wants, then, yeah. >> but i'm not sure that -- so, i hear you on what the american public wants, but that always makes me a little bit nervous, only because part of what we choose from is a menu of options that are there....
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and nsa leaker edward snowden gets asylum. both are being celebrated in some circles, but are they really heroes? >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report." well, if you fund it, you're for it. that's the message this week from a group ofseative lawmakers to fellow republicans as they continue their push to make defunding obama care part of a deal to keep the government running past september. the plan, which could result in a government shutdown, is being met with resistance by some in the gop, with critics calling it political suicide. florida senator rubio had this message for the skeptical senators. >> if we pass this, you did not do everything you could. you paid for this. you doubled down on it. in ways that will have harm to our country. this is our last best chance. >> joining the panel this week, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan he ddinger. assistant editor james freeman. and washington columnist kim strasle. so, dan, this rubio strategy, what do you think of it? >> i think it's probably -- ot
and nsa leaker edward snowden gets asylum. both are being celebrated in some circles, but are they really heroes? >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report." well, if you fund it, you're for it. that's the message this week from a group ofseative lawmakers to fellow republicans as they continue their push to make defunding obama care part of a deal to keep the government running past september. the plan, which could result in a government shutdown, is being met with...
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let's go back to march when senator ron wyden question james clapper about the nsa. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. not. does >> not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect, but not wittingly. >> that is what clapper said about the nsa in march. spencer ackerman, we have come a long way, or have we? where is this going right now? >> let's just back up. the reason why ron wyden even asked that question in public hearing in the first place was to go back to keep alexander, general alexander at a different hacker conference last year was asked that question in different form and he said it was hogwash, that it was simply no truth to the idea that the nsa was keeping what he called dossiers on lanes of americans. -- on millions of americans. clapper and the nsa and ultimately led widen out of frustration to ask clapper that question publicly. last week he referred to a culture of misinformation in the intelligence committee by senior intelligence officials, clapper, alexander and othe
let's go back to march when senator ron wyden question james clapper about the nsa. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. not. does >> not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect, but not wittingly. >> that is what clapper said about the nsa in march. spencer ackerman, we have come a long way, or have we? where is this going right now? >> let's just back up....
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well, we will be perpetually at war. >> charles mentioned in sa. -- the nsa. now that vladimir putin has granted asylum, the president says we will not have a meeting. what is your take? >> this is a collapse of the reset. obama came into office saying that relations with russia had been allowed to drift. under the bush administration -- and find that it was our fault. he was going to warm them up. he caved on missile defense in europe. he thought he would get cooperation on iraq, syria, arms control, and he has been stymied and humiliated every time. this was the final straw. it was a gratuitous poke in the eye, and he finally had to show some gumption in canceling that. he is still showing up in russia for the g-20 conference. he should have stayed home. >> he had no choice. he could not go, and edward snowden gave him the opening to do it, but as charles says, there are bigger issues -- arming syria -- everything is blowing up. to go would make him look weak. to me it was putin. >> i agree. why did it take the white house two or three weeks to make this dec
well, we will be perpetually at war. >> charles mentioned in sa. -- the nsa. now that vladimir putin has granted asylum, the president says we will not have a meeting. what is your take? >> this is a collapse of the reset. obama came into office saying that relations with russia had been allowed to drift. under the bush administration -- and find that it was our fault. he was going to warm them up. he caved on missile defense in europe. he thought he would get cooperation on iraq,...
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nsa whistle-blower edward now den provided the documents weeks ago. nancy pelosi said it is disturbing. >> the nsa has become a menace and the constitutional rights of americans are under broad assault here and the fourth amendment right to be search and seizure and these are under attack. >> the chairman of the house and senate and intel committees defended them and said the majority is unintentional and don't provide surveillance of americans. republicans law makers who proposed legislation believed that their legislation would have passed if new revelations had come to light then. healther. >> and turning now to the growing chaos in egypt. security forces storming the mosque in cairo and shots were fired inside out. there are hundreds of muslim supporters who barricaded themselves inside and after a day of violation took the lives. they were placed under investigation for murder and attempted murder and terrorism. >> and as the government considers disbanding the government altogether. leland? >> heather, what was a protest is now an armed insurrec
nsa whistle-blower edward now den provided the documents weeks ago. nancy pelosi said it is disturbing. >> the nsa has become a menace and the constitutional rights of americans are under broad assault here and the fourth amendment right to be search and seizure and these are under attack. >> the chairman of the house and senate and intel committees defended them and said the majority is unintentional and don't provide surveillance of americans. republicans law makers who proposed...
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he says the nsa chief has attended 38 since the snow done league. there are checked an balances. >> the first that moist cleared a braupd check? that's the u.s. irs. >> we'll see how that plays out. peter, thank you. >>> house republicans are vote for a. they're more likely to gain traction in a senate controlled spectrum. republicans say they'll go after the law in other ways. justin week said in a hirele he would rather kidnap his coverage ops. senators, thank you for your time today. >> shannon, good to be you. >> all right. now the ihr has moved to the side. is it a worthy process or worth the time. >> no. the implementation of the obama care act is so firm. i work with people who want to own businesses and find a job and the implementation is croating an the president announced in a weekend announcement that too employer man dade wot no a e ploemet in a kwee. also to do not on that. if employers don't have to comply before a yeerp chl why do vim familiar is have to. ply it? >> another conversation there. there's the idea that government funding
he says the nsa chief has attended 38 since the snow done league. there are checked an balances. >> the first that moist cleared a braupd check? that's the u.s. irs. >> we'll see how that plays out. peter, thank you. >>> house republicans are vote for a. they're more likely to gain traction in a senate controlled spectrum. republicans say they'll go after the law in other ways. justin week said in a hirele he would rather kidnap his coverage ops. senators, thank you for...
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i don't think the nsa has a reputation that american people will trust the nsa because the nsa says trust me. who gets to say trust me? >> this is not an unknown problem in american government. you put out what the government policy and the general procedures are. congress authorizes, and if there's a skinny for supreme court, or for a court case of some type, you follow it. i mean, i think they should be put into the general way that american society big questions that trade on security, resources, and privacy and civil liberties. but you can't do it in a completely open with. so i'm for following the system this country is to decide the questions. >> plato in his republic would've said the nocturnal council, right, secret body in the back. we don't do that, right? we are democracy, but gosh, when you compare to what the system was 50 years ago, the extent of oversight is just huge. gin sloshing sure who was head of the cia 34 years ago told me once that lunch that there was no oversight committee then, no intel oversight. so you go and brief the senators at lunch about what was going on
i don't think the nsa has a reputation that american people will trust the nsa because the nsa says trust me. who gets to say trust me? >> this is not an unknown problem in american government. you put out what the government policy and the general procedures are. congress authorizes, and if there's a skinny for supreme court, or for a court case of some type, you follow it. i mean, i think they should be put into the general way that american society big questions that trade on security,...
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. >>> up next, you'll be amazed to learn how much of your life the nsa knows about. here is a quick look what the fox affiliates are covering. fox 5 in atlanta, has the secretary that convinced yesterday's school shooting suspect to turn himself in. kcpq in washington has emotional testimony from afghan villagers, in the sentencing for the army soldier that murdered 16 civilians in afghanistan. and this is a live look from kttv in los angeles. big story, paparazzi lawsuit against musician kanye west for an alleged attack at lax. that's a live look from outside the belt for "special report." we will be right back. >>> nsa surveillance on americans is a lot more extensive than first thought. that was the lead line to a couple of stories in recent weeks. tonight it fits again. two reports tonight. first, chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with some history. good evening. >> two years ago, national security court known as fisa court determined nsa collection violated statutes and constitutional protections. in a half dozen documents declassified by the i
. >>> up next, you'll be amazed to learn how much of your life the nsa knows about. here is a quick look what the fox affiliates are covering. fox 5 in atlanta, has the secretary that convinced yesterday's school shooting suspect to turn himself in. kcpq in washington has emotional testimony from afghan villagers, in the sentencing for the army soldier that murdered 16 civilians in afghanistan. and this is a live look from kttv in los angeles. big story, paparazzi lawsuit against...
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take a look. >> this is actually what nsa does. we don't know specifically obviously where the intelligence came from, but all of that monitoring of e-mails and internet websites and phone calls, this is what american intelligence is supposed to do. >> at a time when there are a lot of calls for limiting the nsa, does ambassador bolton have a point? >> he does. i think we should hear the president of the united states make that case. what's striking about the debate about the nsa, the president continually says he wants debate, and continually chooses not to participate in it, certainly not to lead it. i think that's the more important take away from this reminder that al qaeda is still with us and still strong, in many ways expanding, is yes, the president overstated it during the campaign, that's obviously true, but this has real practical policy implications. how we deal with these things is not sort of theoretical. if you look at the people that are experts in this field and look at the arguments that they have been making, it
take a look. >> this is actually what nsa does. we don't know specifically obviously where the intelligence came from, but all of that monitoring of e-mails and internet websites and phone calls, this is what american intelligence is supposed to do. >> at a time when there are a lot of calls for limiting the nsa, does ambassador bolton have a point? >> he does. i think we should hear the president of the united states make that case. what's striking about the debate about the...
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is the nsa seeking a renewal? >> i have nothing to say today about that. >> will you have something to say tomorrow? >> i will. >> will it be modified? [laughter] >> i cannot say anymore at the moment. >> can i say something in defense of anthony? i want him to continue to love me. i think there should be an expectation of protection, of lawyer and client communications. that has always been the tradition. it is generally respected. there was a 1979 supreme court case referenced this morning. there is no constitutionally protected expectation that phone numbers called will not be disclosed. that is the basis on which we should begin to talk about this. but coming back to congress, congress can narrow whatever is the standard to go before the fisa court to get an individualized warrant.that's what the fourth amendment requires. --re was a decision i'm sure it will be revisited. it would have required that of the court -- that the case deal with specific facts creating a reasonable suspicion that a person is of a fo
is the nsa seeking a renewal? >> i have nothing to say today about that. >> will you have something to say tomorrow? >> i will. >> will it be modified? [laughter] >> i cannot say anymore at the moment. >> can i say something in defense of anthony? i want him to continue to love me. i think there should be an expectation of protection, of lawyer and client communications. that has always been the tradition. it is generally respected. there was a 1979 supreme...
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neil: well, for all we know, the nsa is. we'll see. could i ask you, are these attacks, when i see them happen, some are short lived, a few minutes, and they are up and running again or hours, but the bottom line is, i almost get the feeling they are practice runs for something. >> sometimes they are, sometimes they are not, and sometimes folks have a specific goal to get to. sometimes it's an attempt to see how far you can penetrate. the real danger is the things we don't see, and it's the information, the money that is taken, and you never hear about it, and that's part of the challenge here. we're not sharing the information of the threats and attacks are because congress has not able to craft a solution for that. we don't know wha constitutes cyber secure. as you know, 85% of the assets are not held by government and private sector. the private sector is looking for leadership, not necessarily regulation, but leadership as to how to make their own operations secure, make that supply chain secure. p we're not there yet. we have been
neil: well, for all we know, the nsa is. we'll see. could i ask you, are these attacks, when i see them happen, some are short lived, a few minutes, and they are up and running again or hours, but the bottom line is, i almost get the feeling they are practice runs for something. >> sometimes they are, sometimes they are not, and sometimes folks have a specific goal to get to. sometimes it's an attempt to see how far you can penetrate. the real danger is the things we don't see, and it's...
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the nsa enu.s. are good at finding you, but, again, it's not a clear case of oh, this came from this person sitting here. neil: if you're not ashamed to say you're the syria electronic army, yao not coming from ireland. what's the purpose there? >> that's publicity. we can reach you across your ocean. neil: attack us, lob missiles at us, but we're knocking down your -- >> it's the first step in a global response. we're going to take all hackers, you're the bully, even though using chemical weapons is okay, you know, moral -- i hope for them, but they come and show they have the ability to attack the mighty united states where it hurts most, in our cyber capacity. that's the type of thing that, frankly, we should be doing a much better job than the federal government. we should be focusing on this issue. neil: well, for all we know, the nsa is. we'll see. could i ask you, are these attacks, when i see them happen, some are short lived, a few minutes, and they are up and running again or hours, but th
the nsa enu.s. are good at finding you, but, again, it's not a clear case of oh, this came from this person sitting here. neil: if you're not ashamed to say you're the syria electronic army, yao not coming from ireland. what's the purpose there? >> that's publicity. we can reach you across your ocean. neil: attack us, lob missiles at us, but we're knocking down your -- >> it's the first step in a global response. we're going to take all hackers, you're the bully, even though using...